Quiz #4

Quiz Number 4

Happy Friday everyone, just a bit of fun - test your workmates, family and friends, 6 is the passmark:

1. How many ends in a game of curling? 
2. What day is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada? 
3. What is the largest state in the US, by area?  
4. In the military, what do the letter SAS stand for? 
5. What is a Girolle?  
6. Who are the current Male Olympic Curling Champions? 
7. How many players in a baseball team? 
8. £ per mile, what is the most expensive trip you can take on the tube?  
9. Per ounce, what is most expensive to buy in the UK, Silver, Gold or Platinum? 
10. The euro was adopted by 11 EU member states on 1st January in which year? 

Answers below, how did you do?

Answers

1. 10

2. Thanksgiving

3. Alaska

4. Special Air Service

5. Mushroom

6. USA

7. 9

8. Leicester Sq to Covent Garden

9. Gold

10. 1999

Beatles Lyric Quiz 1

One for Beatles fans.....so that's pretty much everyone to ever lived right?

Answers are below in small text (scroll down), please comment how you did so we can see who really knows their Beatles songs!  Will do more in the coming weeks if people would like me too, this is just for fun so please enjoy:

To answer, just name the Song:

1. So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
2. Look at him working, darning his socks
3. Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
4. Pick up the bags and get in the limousine
5. Working for peanuts is all very fine
6. I love you, I love you, I love you, That's all I want to say
7. We would shout and swim about
8. Your mommy's waiting for you
9. You were perverted too
10. For she would never be free, when I was around

Too easy?  Too Hard?

Good luck

Answers

1. Hard Days Night

2. Eleanor Rigby

3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

4. You Never Give Me Your Money

5. Drive my Car

6. Michelle

7. Octopus garden

8. Get Back

9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

10. Ticket to Ride

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Quiz (book only)

How well do you know harry potter?  In the coming weeks i'll be posting quizzes for all the books and maybe if popular all the movies.  This is just for fun, so give it a go and let me know how you get on by leaving comments in the comments box.  Please subscribe/follow if you want to be informed about upcoming Harry Potter quizzes.

Lets go, as with most of my quizzes, I like an increasing difficulty!

Easy

1. What year was the Philosopher's stone first released in the UK?
2. When released in the US the following year, what was the title of the book changed to?
3. In this book, who features as Harry Potter's first ever Quidditch team captain?

Medium

1. What is the first chapter called?
2. 4 Privet Drive is found in which fictional town?
3. Vernon Dursley works for which company

Hard

1. What is the last chapter called?
2. What is the first password used in the book?
3. What is the second and last password used in the book?

Impossible

1. In Chapter 10 'Halloween' - Harry gets a package with a nimbus 2000 and a note from Professor McGonagall - What time does the note state to meet at the Quidditch pitch for training?
2. When Harry first receives a letter from Hogwarts, what colour ink is written on the envelope?
3. In the Chapter 'The letters from no one', on Friday it is noted that 12 letter s arrive for Harry.  How does Aunt Petunia destroy these letters?

Good luck, answers will be up soon!








Answers
1. 1997
2. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
3. Oliver Wood

1. The boy who lived
2. Little whinging
3. Grunnings

1. The man with two faces
2. Caput Draconis
3. Pig snout 

1. 7pm
2. Emerald green
3. In the blender

2000-2010 - Indie Bands Lyric Quiz

Give this a go, answers to be revealed in the coming days.  Comment and subscribe if you like, they'll be lots more:

1. I've exposed your lies, baby

2. I am tired, I am weak, I am worn

3. There's always a siren, Singing you to shipwreck

4. Buying and, lying and flying, relying and dying

5. And the stains coming from my blood tell me go back home

6. Anything goes but don't blink, you might miss

7. If I move this could die  

8. Droppin' brides at the altar, Gonna find ya squeeze tight

9. I can't help my boogies, they get out of control

10. Oh, it turns me off when I feel left out

Hard, easy?  Just right?  Do you think you have got all 10?

Imagine Dragons Quiz

To celebrate the upcoming release of a new Imagine Dragons album, here's a quiz to whet the appetite.  Please see my other quizzes for more music lovers trivia, although beware these quizzes are not for the faint-hearted!

Easy

1. Name the 4 current band member, first and surnames?
2. Which city did the band recorded their first 3 EPs?
3. Which year was their debut album 'Night Visions' released?

Medium

1. In 2013 the band released a live album called what?
2. When appearing on the comedy show 'Impractical Jokers', what did Sal Vulcano refer to as the bands name live on stage?
3. Which song did the band cover to raise money for the victims of the 2017 Paris terrorist attacks?

Hard

1. What is the name of the Imagine Dragons I-phone game?
2. Dan Reynolds’ wife, Aja Volkman, is also a singer in which band?
3. Name the one band member that didn't attend Berklee college

Impossible

1. 'Only take my lighter' is a lyric from which song?
2. 'I bet my life' is a song reportedly about what?
3. Dan has how many siblings?

Answers to follow soon!  How did you do, or think you have done?







Answers
1. Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman
2. Las Vegas
3. 2012

1. Live at Independent Records
2. Imagination Dragons
3. I love you all the time (will accept 'I was me' as the year in the question was initially incorrect - should have read 2017 not 2015)

1.Stage Rush
2. Nico Vega, will allow Egyptian
3. Dan Reynolds

1. Trouble
2. Reynolds relationships with his parents
3. 8

Arctic Monkeys Quiz

For all fans of Arctic Monkeys - call yourself a superfan?  Prove it!  Test yourself and see how much you really know, can you answer the impossible questions?

Please comment, and share if you like the quiz.  Answers will be published later.  NO CHEATING OR GOOGLING - just for fun!

Easy

1. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not was released in which year?
2. Name the current 4 members of the band?
3. What is Alex Turner's middle name?

Medium

1. Which record label are the band currently signed to?
2. How many times have the band headlined Glastonbury?
3. Who is the oldest member of the band and how old is he?

Hard

1. 'Borrowed the beak of a bald eagle' is a lyric from which song?
2. In 2008, former bassist Andy Nicholson opened his first pub, what was it called?
   
3. Arctic Monkeys started off with 2 number 1 UK singles, what's the closest they've come since (Chart # and song)?

Impossible

1. According to the official charts website, how many weeks have the Arctic monkeys topped the UK Album charts?
2. What is the name of Jamie Cook's fooball club that he still plays for (or recently did)?
3. Who is the person on the front cover of 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'?

Good luck!








Answers
1. 2006
2. Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley
3. David

1. Domino
2. 2
3. Nick O'Malley

1. My Propeller
2. The Bowery
3. Brianstorm (2)

1. 13
2. Packhorse FC
3. Chris McClure

Muse Quiz

How well do you know muse?

Celebrate the new album simulation theory with a quiz for the fans!  Please follow and subscribe to my quizzes and please comment if you would like to.  Suggestions always welcome.

Answers NOW LIVE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE, SCROLL DOWN, no googling, and enjoy the quiz:

Easy

1. Which UK town did the band grow up in, and meet to form the band?
2. Before renaming the band as Muse, what did the band call themselves?
3. Name the bands main studio albums in order of release?

Medium

1. Where was lead singer Matt Bellamy born?
2. Which single to date has been muse highest charting UK single, and which number did it chart?
3. In which year did muse release their debut studio album 'Showbiz'?

Hard

1. Who is the oldest member of the band, and how old are they?
2. Which song features the lyric: "Warped and Bewitched"?
3. What was the B side to the 2006 hit Supermassive black hole?

Impossible

1. In the year 2008, Muse were awarded with an honorary doctorate from which university?
2. Bellamy revealed in 2013 his 2 cats were called what?
3. Before joining muse, Chris played drums with which local band?

How did you do?  12/12 anyone?













Answers
1. Teignmouth
2. Rocket Baby Dolls
3.Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, (Hullabaloo), Absolution, Black holes and Revelations, The Resistance, The 2nd Law, Drones

1. Cambridge UK
2. Supermassive Black hole (4)
3. 1999

1. Dom (40)
2. Assasin
3. Crying Shame

1. Plymouth Uni
2. Kim and Kanye
3. Fixed Penalty

Quiz #3

Quiz Number 3

Kickstart your Monday with a quiz!!

Straight up 9 questions, 10 mark, 6 the pass mark!  Answers at the bottom of page

1. Who played Mr Orange in Quentin Tarantinos “Reservoir Dogs”?
2. In the Human body, what is the Tympanum more commonly know as?
3. Liberty 1 was the name of the ill-fated space ship in which popular science fiction film?
4. In a standard deck of cards, which king does not have a moustache? 
5. What were the names of the Titanic's two sister ships which ended with the letters 'ic'? One point for each correct answer
6. Which Soccer team play their home games at Ashton gate?
7. Which year was Queen Elizabeth II coronation?
8. Which Country is famous for the dish, Rarebit?
9. What is the capital city of Morocco?

How did you do?

Answers
1. Tim Roth
2. Ear Drum
3. Planet of the Apes
4. Hearts
5. Olympic, Britannic
6. Bristol City FC
7. 1953
8. Wales
9. Rabat

Quiz #2

Friday Quiz Number 2

Standard Friday Quiz rules, answers at bottom of page, why not test your mates or work colleagues?  Fancy a particular topic on here, leave it in the comments and i'll see what I can do.

Usual rules apply, 6 is the pass mark

Tough

1. In which county would you find the local dish, Nasi Goreng?
2. Which country came second in the medal table at the 2016 Rio summer Olympics
3. What is the capital city of Canada?

Tougher

1. What year was Facebook launched?
2. What are the 2 ingredients to make up a Black Velvet Cocktail
3. How old was Stephen Hawkings when he died?

Impossible

1. What does the acronym UNESCO stand for?
2. What is the most expensive film ever made?
3. What does CE on a calculator mean?

Answers below, how did you do?

Answers

Tough

1. Indonesia

2. Great Britain

3. Ottawa

Tougher

1. 2004

2. Champagne (or sparkling white wine), Guiness (or stout)

3. 76

Impossible

1. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

2. Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides

3. Clear Entry

Quiz #1

Quiz number 1

Let's start with a quiz we like to do in the office.  It starts quite hard and gets harder.  Why not try asking a group of people in your office?  We like to put a pass mark on these style quizzes, and is a short 20-25 mins end of day style quiz:

Pass mark = 6
Answers at bottom of page

Hard

1. Which instrument has forty-seven strings and seven pedals? 
2. How many tails does a Manx cat have? 
3. Which word can be placed before bottle, bell and bird? 

Harder 

1. In which year was the first soccer world cup?
2. What is the tallest mountain outside of Asia?
3. What do you call a group of sea cucumbers?

Very Hard

1. How many eyes does a bee have? 
2. There have only ever been 2 sequels to win best picture at the Oscars – name one of them?
3. For the last 18 years, which city’s airport has been the world’s busiest by passenger traffic?

Answers

Hard

1. Harp

2. None

3. Blue

Harder

1. 1930

2. Aconcagua

3. A Pickle

Very Hard

1. 3

2. Godfather part 2, Lord Of The Rings – return of the king 

3. Atlanta

How Did You Get On?  Comment in the comments how you did